# Authoritative DNS without the upsell Fast and resilient DNS that is easily managed via our portal or CLI. The first 500k requests each month are free. ## Meet the internet in style - **Zone management** - Add DNS zones for any domain or subdomain - whether it's hosted on Datum or externally - for visibility across everything you manage. - **Global reach & resiliency** - Datum serves authoritative DNS through a globally distributed anycast network. Use Datum's nameservers to get performance and redundancy without extra configuration. - **Bulk import and export** - Bring in existing zone files (BIND format), or sync by querying existing records. Export your configuration any time. - **Full record support** - Add, edit, and delete every record type you actually use: A, AAAA, CAA, NS, SRV, TXT, CNAME, MX, SOA, TLSA, SVCB, and HTTPS. - **CNAME flattening** - Point your root domain (example.com, not just www) at another hostname the way a CNAME does, while still returning standard A/AAAA answers to clients. ## Built for platform teams - **Project-scoped access** - Manage zones within individual projects with role-based access control, instead of one flat account with no boundaries. - **Audit logs** - Every zone and record change is tracked with user attribution and a timestamp, so you always know who changed what. - **CLI-first experience** - Manage zones with datumctl or the API - DNS is code, not a console-only side quest. - **MCP support** - MCP support lets AI agents query and manage DNS zones with the same permissions as a human operator - not a bolted-on integration. ## Why choose Datum? Datum offers many of the same capabilities as Cloudflare, but with a more curated experience and no feature gates. We're also completely backed by open source and offer white-glove, dedicated deployments for scaling companies. | | Datum DNS | Cloudflare DNS | | --- | --- | --- | | Pricing | Hyperscaler-style usage model with no feature gates - first 500k requests each month are free. | Tiered plans with feature gates that require interaction with sales to unlock. | | Platform | Open source core, neutral network - not tied to a single vendor's proxy/CDN stack. | Proprietary; DNS is one feature inside Cloudflare's broader platform. | | Access | Project-scoped, role-based access control shared with compute and networking. | Account and zone-level permissions inside the Cloudflare dashboard. | ## Domains are infrastructure too At Datum, a domain is a resource like any other - trackable, verifiable, and programmatically accessible, regardless of where it's registered or where its DNS is hosted. No more spreadsheets to know what your team owns. 1. **Add a domain** - One at a time, in bulk via CSV/TXT import, or automatically when attaching a custom hostname to a Proxy. 2. **Verify ownership** - Confirm control of a domain by adding a DNS record, unlocking it for use across Datum services like Proxy and DNS zone hosting. 3. **See details at a glance** - Public registration data surfaces automatically once a domain is added. --- Source: